Chaldon Herring
Dorset

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Chaldon Herring like this:

CHALDON-HERRING, or East Chaldon, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; near the coast, 3¾ miles S of Moreton r. station, and 9½ WSW of Wareham. Post Town, Winfrith, under Dorchester. Acres, 2,981. Real property, with Chaldon-Boys and Holworth, £3,285. Pop., 341. Houses, 63. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £62. Patron, Joseph Weld, Esq. The church is good.

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Chaldon Herring has changed, please see our
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Purbeck.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Chaldon Herring, in Purbeck and Dorset | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.